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Posted on 02/06/2026 6:18:33 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Sir Keir Starmer's rattled allies today issued a desperate warning to rebel Labour MPs that a leadership coup by Angela Rayner will trigger a general election.
The under-fire Prime Minister is battling to stay in Downing Street as he reels from the Lord Mandelson scandal, with a number of backbenchers openly questioning his future.
In a bid to contain the crisis, Sir Keir has promised to release documents related to Lord Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador in February last year.
But the Government was forced into ceding control of the release of material to Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC), which will now decide what is made public.
Sir Keir was compelled to make the U-turn on Wednesday following a House of Commons revolt by Labour backbenchers, which was headed by Ms Rayner, the former deputy PM.
The Daily Mail understands that in the wake of Wednesday's drama, Ms Rayner told an MP 'I will be ready' to launch a leadership challenge, despite an ongoing probe into her tax affairs.
It has also been suggested Labour's 'women in grey suits' could be sent to tell Sir Keir that his time is up.
But, in a scramble to ward off a coup, Sir Keir's allies are insisting that any new PM - such as Ms Rayner - would not have a personal mandate from the electorate and therefore should call a general election.
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This is an interesting development. As prime minister, Starmer has the power to call for a general election. He could use that as a threat.
What’s a Labour member of parliament to do? Reform is on the rise. That Labour member might lose his seat in an election to a Reform candidate.
Better to play it safe, and support Starmer?
“...a leadership coup by Angela Rayner will trigger a general election...”
And to think that here I thought that elections were the warp and weft of “Our” Democracy...
At this point, it’s merely rearranging the deck chairs on The Titanic.
Angela Rayner? She’s angling to take over? A 45 year old high school dropout socialist? Hell, on 9/11 she was a 21 year old dropout with a kid or two. Now she’s basically the inflection point for England?
The UK is a complete joke anymore
Elections are a threat to “Our Democracy”
What’s the downside?
Someone on another thread guessed that as bad as Starmer is, his replacement would be worse. I just looked up that Angela Rayner person.
That FReeper was right.
I am glad I was there before it went totally crazy.
Angela Rayner is just keeping her sear warm for Sadiq Khan.
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Starmer must live in a fog. Mandy’s sordid reputation was well known back in Blair’s reign.
As for Rayner, barf . . . .
She looks like a completely qualified piece of work.
It’s astonishing and speaks to the vacuum in British talent.
I lived north of Oxford when Oxford was around 6% foreign born (IIRC). It is now 40% foreign born. Mostly Pakistani, I think.
Don’t want to go back. Want to remember “Inspector Morse” England, or even post-CS Lewis England.
When We Get To England - Andy Partridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqujt_Qy9Lw
I don’t believe a change in leadership of a parliamentary party with as huge a majority as Labour has now will “trigger a general election” - unless the King were to decline to ask the new leader to form a government.
There’s nothing in current UK law that absolutely prohibits a scandal‑hit PM from calling an election to pre‑empt his own party’s attempts to remove him — but it would be an extraordinary constitutional moment with uncertain consequences.
I wonder how far the Muzzie King would go to stop Farage from being PM.
He’ll follow orders from the Labour Party.
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